Rising quickly from solo bedroom pop project to regional full-band sensation and finally to a major-label contract, Nashville indie pop act Arlie offered a fusion of classic retro-pop melodies with bright, thoroughly modern production on their 2018 debut EP, Wait. Follow-up singles like "karma" and "crashing down" built anticipation for their full-length debut, Break the Curse, which appeared in 2022.
Arlie began life as the solo effort of singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Nathaniel Banks, who started recording songs in his dorm room on the campus of Nas...